Rayo Vallecano 2016/17 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2016/17 · top earner Paulo Gazzaniga on £17,000 per week · see the current Rayo Vallecano wage bill
We hold a wage for all 56 players in that squad. The average is taken over the 25 players aged 22 or over that we hold a wage for.
Then and now
Rayo Vallecano pay £299,730 a week in 2026/27 — 55% higher than the £192,880 of 2016/17.
Where the money went in 2016/17
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 5 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2016/17 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paulo Gazzaniga | £17,000 | £884,000 | 24 | GK | Argentina | ||
| Javi Guerra | £11,000 | £572,000 | 34 | ST | Spain | ||
| Roberto Trashorras | £10,000 | £520,000 | 35 | M C | Spain | ||
| Zé Castro | £9,000 | £468,000 | 33 | D C | Portugal | ||
| Lass Bangoura | £9,000 | £468,000 | 24 | AM RL, ST | Guinea | ||
| Roman Zozulya | £9,000 | £468,000 | 26 | AM RLC, F C | Ukraine | ||
| Patrick Ebert | £8,800 | £457,600 | 29 | AM RL | Germany | ||
| Razvan Rat | £8,700 | £452,400 | 35 | D/WB L | Romania | ||
| Adrián Embarba | £8,500 | £442,000 | 24 | AM R | Spain | ||
| Miku (Nicolás Fedor) | £7,900 | £410,800 | 30 | ST | Venezuela | ||
| Raúl Baena | £7,700 | £400,400 | 27 | DM | Spain | ||
| Tomás Mejías | £7,600 | £395,200 | 27 | GK | Spain | ||
| Tomás Mejías | £7,600 | £395,200 | 27 | GK | Spain | ||
| Jordi Gómez | £7,100 | £369,200 | 31 | AM C | Spain | ||
| Manucho | £6,900 | £358,800 | 33 | ST | Angola | ||
| Nacho | £6,900 | £358,800 | 27 | D/WB L | Spain | ||
| Antonio Amaya | £6,500 | £338,000 | 33 | D C | Spain | ||
| Quini | £4,700 | £244,400 | 26 | D/WB/M R | Spain | ||
| Toni Dovale | £4,600 | £239,200 | 26 | D/WB L, AM LC | Spain | ||
| Chechu Dorado | £4,400 | £228,800 | 33 | D C | Spain | ||
| Diego Aguirre | £4,400 | £228,800 | 25 | D/AM L | Spain | ||
| Toño | £3,600 | £187,200 | 36 | GK | Spain | ||
| Ernesto Galán | £3,300 | £171,600 | 30 | D RC | Spain | ||
| Àlex Moreno | £3,200 | £166,400 | 23 | AM L | Spain | ||
| Pablo Íñiguez | £2,800 | £145,600 | 22 | D C, DM | Spain | ||
| Franco Cristaldo | £2,300 | £119,600 | 19 | M RL | Argentina | ||
| Santi Comesaña | £1,600 | £83,200 | 19 | DM | Spain | ||
| Gonzalo Merchán | £930 | £48,360 | 20 | AM C | Spain | ||
| Juancho | £880 | £45,760 | 20 | ST | Colombia | ||
| Álvaro Rivero | £850 | £44,200 | 19 | ST | Spain | ||
| Pablo Clavería | £800 | £41,600 | 20 | AM L | Spain | ||
| Raúl Hernández | £770 | £40,040 | 21 | ST | Spain | ||
| Sergio del Valle | £720 | £37,440 | 21 | D R | Spain | ||
| Luis Poblete | £510 | £26,520 | 19 | D C | Spain | ||
| Víctor Villacañas | £500 | £26,000 | 20 | ST | Spain | ||
| Raúl Espinosa | £440 | £22,880 | 20 | D R | Spain | ||
| Nico Cañizares | £400 | £20,800 | 20 | D C | Spain | ||
| Iván Oviedo | £390 | £20,280 | 21 | GK | Spain | ||
| Alberto Díaz | £290 | £15,080 | 21 | GK | Spain | ||
| Filipe Marques | £200 | £10,400 | 18 | DM | Portugal | ||
| Javi Ontiveros | £130 | £6,760 | 20 | ST | Spain | ||
| Mohamed Tijani | £130 | £6,760 | 18 | D C | Côte d’Ivoire | ||
| Mario Navarro | £60 | £3,120 | 18 | D C | Spain | ||
| Jean Jules | £60 | £3,120 | 18 | M C | Cameroon | ||
| Marco Balsera | £60 | £3,120 | 19 | D C | Spain | ||
| Isi Carrasco | £60 | £3,120 | 19 | D C | Spain | ||
| Sergio Akieme | £60 | £3,120 | 18 | D/WB L | Spain | ||
| Andrei Ureche | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | GK | Romania | ||
| Christian Manrique | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | D/WB L | Spain | ||
| Jony Montiel | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | AM C | Spain | ||
| Iván Amores | £60 | £3,120 | 19 | M C | Spain | ||
| Rubén Bas | £60 | £3,120 | 19 | D/WB R, M RC | Spain | ||
| Zé Ricardo | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | D/WB L | Brazil | ||
| Kike (Enrique Pérez) | £60 | £3,120 | 19 | M C | Spain | ||
| Fran Beltrán | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | DM | Spain | ||
| Lucho García (Luis Alberto García Pacheco) | £60 | £3,120 | 18 | GK | Colombia | ||
Wage vs age, 2016/17
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2016/17 squad, against the share of the bill they took
Top 5 earners took 29% of the squad wage bill, across the 56 players we hold a 2016/17 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2016/17 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Rayo Vallecano wages, 2016/17
What was Rayo Vallecano's wage bill in 2016/17?
Rayo Vallecano paid £192,880 a week in 2016/17 - £10,029,760 across the year - spread over a squad of 56. We hold a wage for all 56 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Rayo Vallecano player in 2016/17?
Paulo Gazzaniga was the highest earner in the 2016/17 squad on £17,000 a week, 2.4x the 22+ squad average of £7,208.
What was the average Rayo Vallecano salary in 2016/17?
The average Rayo Vallecano player aged 22 or over earned £7,208 a week in 2016/17, across the 25 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 56. The top five earners took 29% of the bill between them.
How do Rayo Vallecano's 2016/17 wages compare with now?
Rayo Vallecano pay £299,730 a week in 2026/27, 55% higher than the £192,880 of 2016/17. The current squad is 23 players against 56 then.